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The Witcher 3's love triangle was added "pretty late" into the RPG's development, but CDPR's CEO calls it "a great decision"

Yennefer or Triss? The choice still inspires steamy debates

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The Witcher 3 didn't originally make you choose between romancing Yennefer or Triss: 'This decision was made pretty late'

The first game's sex cards were "childish," Badowski says.

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The Witcher 3 features large bodies of water, so CD Projekt CEO insisted we should be able to explore it all: "Where's swimming?"

Water poses no threat to a Witcher

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CD Projekt Red co-CEO wasn't confident The Witcher 3's tone would go down well, but Game of Thrones' success reassured him: "People understood that they really liked that dark fantasy"

"[Game of Thrones' success] was a great moment for me, that's [when I thought] OK, OK, there's great potential"

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The Witcher 2's momentous mid-game choice might've been "cool" for players, but CD Projekt's co-CEO now believes it was a "waste of resources"

Geralt of Rivia faced less meaningful choices in The Witcher 3

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CD Projekt's co-CEO says The Witcher 2's momentous midgame choice was an 'experiment' and now regards it as a 'waste of resources'

The developer "brought totally something new" for The Witcher 3.

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CD Projekt struggled to sell partners on The Witcher 3 because its gameplay was 'pretty standard' and they didn't believe it could combine storytelling with a cinematic open world

The wrong side of history.

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CD Projekt joint CEO Adam Badowski made everyone's life miserable when he pointed out if the The Witcher 3 had water, they had to add swimming and create completely new underwater locations

Under the sea.

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Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski gets gold Polish culture medal, accepts it with face like he's just had his Switch 2 pre-order cancelled

I love this man so much.

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The Witcher 4 devs are inspired by RPGs like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Baldur's Gate 3, but "definitely are not going to make a game like Larian did"

CD Projekt Red is "sticking to what was The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk"

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With The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2 and way more on the horizon, having multiple projects on the go gives CDPR "more opportunities to be more creative"

"This is the most exciting part of our business."

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CDPR aims to stay "focused" on RPGs like The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 – even if tempted by other genres: "We cannot do so many things we would love to do"

The genre is the studio's "niche"

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Following The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red wants to ensure it doesn't "copy our own tricks all over again and again"

The Witcher 4 studio wants to add something new in every game

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Even though "it works for all FromSoft games," The Witcher 3 devs quickly discovered that forcing you to fight ridiculously strong enemies "was a bad idea"

Games aren't one size fits all

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CD Projekt Red reflects on its hubris following The Witcher 3's success, and how that led to Cyberpunk 2077's problems: 'I think that was the beginning of a bit of magical thinking for the company'

CD Projekt Red went from being an underdog to the biggest deal around, and that had consequences.

PC Gamer

'We'll call you back': BioWare's first impression of The Witcher 1 was a bad demo, followed by CDPR declaring that they wanted to 'create the best RPG game ever'

A lack of experience can sometimes be a blessing.

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CDPR boss says Witcher author Sapkowski's grumpiness is a 'persona,' he's actually lovely and the studio's 'updating everything' to make sure they respect his lore

A cranky old guy with a heart of gold? Why, that sounds just like this witcher I know.

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Forget the Steam Deck, Cyberpunk 2077 on Nintendo Switch 2 is 'the more Cyberpunk way' to play, per CD Projekt Red

A new video in the Nintendo Creators' Voice series is now live, this time highlighting CD Projekt Red and its Nintendo Switch 2 version of Cyberpunk 2077.

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Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt Red won't make survival games just because they're popular, but Netflix's Edgerunners anime is fueling dreams bigger than RPGs

CDPR's CEOs used to dream of making the world's greatest RPGs, but that dream's gotten bigger over the years

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Cyberpunk 2077 sequel: everything we know about the sci-fi game

With multiplayer locked in, the next Cyberpunk game looks set to be another cracker

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CD Projekt wants to use AI in development 'but not replace people'

CD Projekt CEO reveals plans to use AI in the development cycle and the status of Witcher and Cyberpunk sequels.

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CD Projekt Red is ramping up production on The Witcher 4, and of course it's looking into using AI

What was that thing about not hyping games up too early…

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Cyberpunk 2077 sequel is in the "conceptual phase," but might ramp up production this year as its devs consider multiplayer elements

CD Projekt's co-CEOs think the studio has a better handle on game production now

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The Witcher 4 will enter its production phase this year, and CD Projekt Red confirms it won't be using AI to replace developers

CD Projekt wants 400 people working on Polaris by the middle of 2024

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